UPDATED 07/18/04 Can’t believe it’s already half way through July. I remember went summer was a faint glimmer of hope on the cold horizon and here we are in the thick of it. Lots of news to report this month… ENGINE DOWN have posted a song from their upcoming self-titled debut for Lookout! Records. Release date is August 24th, but for a nice lil tease, click HERE. Speaking of new music, here is also a sneak peak medley of three songs from the new JIMMY EAT WORLD album, Futures, due out Oct 19th. Click HEAR. Yes, yes, clever, I know. New tour dates are on the way as well, with a few already announced and onsale. Check it OUT. INTERPOL depart July 24th for the CURIOSA FESTIVAL. They will be playing immediately prior to the Cure on the mainstage and the set will include a few new songs from their upcoming album ANTICS (due out on Matador Sept 27th). Go to www.interpolny.com for track listing and cover art info. UNDEROATH released their latest album THEY’RE ONLY CHASING SAFETY a few weeks ago, and since then have been hitting the Billboard Charts for four weeks straight! Congrats to them!! Make sure you catch them out on Warped Tour on the SMARTPUNK stage. They will also perform as part of HELLFEST this coming Sat July 24th. Also, this weekend tickets go onsale for their Sept / Oct tour with SENSES FAIL. For more information on those, click DATES. ELEFANT is back on the road! Check out www.elefantweb.com for a video of behind the scene action from the last tour…featuring the one and only Mike Frye, Flower Alumni, and tour manager extraordinaire. Q AND NOT U head into the studio this week to record their follow up to Different Damage (dischord) and then head off to foreign lands-starting in the UK and ending with dates in South Africa. JIMMY EAT WORLD are also in the studio. Having just completed tracking with producer Gil Norton, the guys will be mixing throughout June in hopes of a fall release for the much anticipated follow up to the platinum selling Bleed American (dreamworks). MINUS THE BEAR begin their dates on the Braid reunion tour this weekend with Murder By Death. Here them previewing many new songs from their upcoming EP on Arena Rock. UNDEROATH ADDED TO WARPED TOUR LINEUP June 25 - August 19th! To celebrate they have launched their new website and have posted yet another new song from their new album They're Only Chasing Safety due out June 15th on Solid State Records. TED LEO / PHARMACISTS head into the studio in NYC this month with producer Chris Shaw (wilco, public enemy, bel biv devoe) to record the follow up to 2003's briliant Hearts of Oak. The finished product is slated for an October release. RADIO 4 have finally completed Stealing of a Nation with producer Max Heyes for a Sept 7th release on Astralwerks. THE JOGGERS head out for a run of dates with The FRENCH KICKS, ENGINE DOWN continue to preview songs from their upcoming album, touring this month with SPARTA. THE ROCKET SUMMER hit the road with SOMETHING CORPORATE and RECOVER thorughout May, and plan to begin a headlining summer tour in mid June. TORTOISE have just released their brand new album (and first in three years) called It's All Around You and in celebration have also launched a beautiful new website www.trts.com. Check out Tortoise on the road as their USA tour starts this week. THESE ARMS ARE SNAKES are holed up in Seattle with producer Matt Bayles putting the finishing touches on their first full length album to be release on Jade Tree this fall. In the meantime, check out their upcoming split EP with Harkonen out in May on Hydrahead. A US tour is in the works for July / August. INTERPOL are also in the studio again with Turn on the Bright Lights engineer Peter Katis with an eye on releasing their second album this fall. Check out an exclusive remix of "Untitled" currently up here. Thanks so much to everyone who attended, participated in, sponsored and otherwise showed their love on Sat March 20th down in Austin for the TAKE ACTON TOUR party at Emos. It was a great time. All of the bands rocked the house in fine style and Andrew WK could not have been more inspirational as our fine host. Please check out www.takeactiontour.com for more news and upcoming events including our stage at Warped Tour and our fall North American Tour. CALLA annouce March dates supporting Reading UK's The Cooper Temple Clause LOCAL H release new album "Whatever Happened to PJ Soles?" April 6th and will be visiting the East coast in April and May and the West Coast in June. Flower welcomes XL Recording Artists RATATAT to the family! HAR MAR SUPERSTAR wins NME's "Rock n Roll Man of the Year" Award! (more info) |
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